CAMP FOSTER (Feb 2, 2006) — Marine Corps Community Services recreation facilities aboard Marine Corps camps on Okinawa will provide free wireless Internet networks starting Feb. 3.
The MCCS-sponsored wireless networks are part of a plan to make Internet service more available to everyone here, according to Jeff Hazelbaker, chief information officer for MCCS Okinawa.
“The Internet […]
Trials of online ‘eGovernment kiosks’ in Citizen Advice Bureau waiting rooms have proved remarkably successful with helping users, eGov monitor can report.
In 70 per cent of cases, CAB clients who used the kiosks to access information resolved their problem in part or completely, says the independent advice agency.
According to an evaluation of the pilots, one […]
PHILIPSBURG, PA, July 26th, 2005 — SurferQuest, a supplier of public interest kiosk systems, has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) to introduce photos of missing children into the SurferQuest Kiosks.
With close to a thousand Internet Kiosks nationwide, SuferQuest places its kiosks in high-traffic public areas, such as hotels, resorts, […]
By Alice Lipowicz
Staff Writer
The nation’s first privately sponsored Registered Traveler program sanctioned by the Homeland Security Department began operating this week at Orlando International Airport in Florida.
Since June 21, when the program began accepting enrollments, about 4,000 people have paid an annual fee of $79.95 each to sign up and submit to background checks.
Once cleared, […]
SURFERQUEST, SUPPLIER OF PUBLIC INTERNET KIOSK SYSTEMS, WILL BE DISPLAYING MISSING CHILD PHOTOS ON THEIR DIGITAL MEDIA NETWORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN
PHILIPSBURG, PA, July 22st, 2005 - SurferQuest, a supplier of public interest kiosk systems, has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) to […]
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented exit procedures for foreign visitors departing from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
US-VISIT procedures apply to all foreign visitors (with limited exemptions) to the United States. Most visitors experience US-VISIT’s biometric procedures — a digital, inkless fingerscan and digital photograph — upon entry to the United States. Now, if they leave […]
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday urged citizens applying for a clearance to avail of its GMA (Gawin Mo Agad) kiosk services to facilitate quick release of permits either for jobs or travel purposes even as the lead investigating agency launches more of it in major cities of the country.
Officials said the GMA […]
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu would probably be creating a history of sorts by implementing IT in a big way in the agriculture department.
The state government has decided to link all 28-district headquarters’ offices of the agriculture department, besides linking the 385 block-level functioning, in a phased manner. Under the programme, the government would […]
Ottawa, Ontario — BlueBear Network International Inc. announced in a June 23 news release that it has reached an OEM/Reseller Agreement with Smiths Heimann Biometrics, giving it the tools needed to provide identity-verified background checks to its law-enforcement customers.
With Smiths Heimann products, BlueBear plans to offer finger- and palm-canning technology fully integrated with its Integrated […]
By AARON CHAMBERS, Register Star Springfield Bureau
SPRINGFIELD — Vehicle registration renewal and other services would be available at kiosks around Illinois under a plan Secretary of State Jesse White advanced Monday.
White, via a published notice, asked businesses for information he could use to develop the concept of kiosks. Other services that could be performed at […]